5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FLAPS

FLAPS is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /flæps/

Noun

plural of flap

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of flap

Noun

A disease in the mouths of horses involving inflammation in the cheeks or lips.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How FLAPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLAPS as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.8% of games, misses completely in 23.2%, and leaves about 216 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,336 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

F___S F in the 1st position and S in the 5th position F__P_ F in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RONTE TONER ROUET CELLO TALER DRICE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
216 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLAPS performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#4,336 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLAPS ranks #4,336 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
904
4 guesses
1,219
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
5
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
26%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

547
273
224
170
105
104
93
67
61
57
50
47
33
32
30
29
24
23
21
20
18
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLAPS:

23% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
12% chance
Suggested:
TONER
9% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

23.2% →
RONTE 6.21 bits
11.6% →
TONER 5.47 bits
9.5% →
ROUET 5.65 bits
7.2% →
CELLO 4.93 bits
4.5% →
TALER 4.57 bits
4.4% →
DRICE 4.99 bits
3.9% →
RIONE 5.27 bits
2.8% →
TASER 4.67 bits
2.6% →
SHIRE 4.12 bits
2.4% →
STIRE 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for FLAPS; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

F4L1A1P3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.